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Map of Cebu showing the location of Mandaue
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Central Visayas (Region VII)
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Cebu
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6th district of Cebu
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June 21 , 1969
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Thadeo Z Ouano
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1st class highly urbanized city
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3487
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259,728
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7,448
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10° 9'40" N 123° 54'2816" E
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is a 1st class
City in the
Province of
Cebu ,
Philippines . It is known as the "Industrial Heartland of the Island" and is home to almost 10,000 business establishments. The city is one of the two highly urbanized cities in the province of Cebu, with the provincial capital
Cebu City as the other one. The two cities are right next to each other and form the core of the
Metropolitan Cebu area.
Mandaue lies right across
Mactan Island where
Lapu-Lapu City is located, which is the site of the
Mactan-Cebu International Airport , the country's second busiest airport. Mandaue is connected to Mactan Island via the
Mactan-Cebu Bridge and the
Marcelo Fernan Bridge which are the only two routes between the airport and Cebu City.
According to the
2000 census, Mandaue has a population of 259,728 people in 54,882 households.
Mandaue City is politically subdivided into 27
Barangay s.
- Alang-alang
- Bakilid
- Banilad
- Basak
- Cabancalan
- Cambaro
- Canduman
- Casili
- Casuntingan
- Centro (Pob.)
- Cubacub
- Guizo
- Ibabao-Estancia
- Jagobiao
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- Labogon
- Looc
- Maguikay
- Mantuyong
- Opao
- Pakna-an
- Pagsabungan
- Subangdaku
- Tabok
- Tawason
- Tingub
- Tipolo
- Umapad
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Mandaue was a fertile ground, where the thick vine variety known as "mantawi" grew abundantly. Mandaue first entered into written history when Ferdinand E. Magellan arrived in this archipelago and sighted what he called the "Merhcant's paradise" in the 7th of April at noon in 1521.
